Re: Sick Black Rock

A_ L _P wrote:

And it's not that we can't love and care for ex-batts and old breeds,
but Jill's point was as I understood it the very obvious one, that few
if any of us have unlimited space and money resources.

Indeed.
And part of my experience is that many novices are being given very little helpful information about what their birds are going to need.
The ideas they are left with have meant that many have had some serious problems with their birds.
Or have unrealistic expectations as to how they can keep their birds in the domestic situation.
So I have serious and genuine fears about the welfare of many birds in gardens around the country.

Its what I spend my days working at - helping people to provide practical solutions for their birds in theparticular environment they have.

The way to keep our
options open is for people who have the luxury of being able to put
private efforts into chickens as a hobby rather than as a commercial
business, to keep and breed and improve the strains of birds that
have their own unique characteristics. This can be one's investment
in the future.

Hear! Hear!

... alas despite appreciating the wisdom of this I am
personally crazy about my patchwork-quilt collection of this, that
and the other - the most genetically mixed up collection of chooks
you could find in a long day's march!

LOL


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regards
Jill Bowis

Domestic Poultry and Waterfowl Solutions
Herbaceous; Herb and Alpine Nursery
Seasonal Farm Food
http://www.kintaline.co.uk

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